Undergraduate Courses & Certificates

Expand your influence and organizational impact by earning a Certificate in Lean Six Sigma. Combining the valuable techniques of Six Sigma into one comprehensive program, the Certificate in Lean Six Sigma can help you produce extraordinary results for your organization. Through courses including Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma and Six Sigma Black Belt, managers and professionals like you learn to improve processes that deliver results. Students also have access to advanced-level courses, including Lean Innovation & Management.

By completing this three-course program and certification exam, you can earn a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification. These in-demand credentials can help empower you with the skills and techniques to manage, mentor and inspire Six Sigma Black Belts in your organization.

The Certificate in Agile Management program introduces Scrum, sprint, Kanban and all core Agile concepts, demonstrates how they fit together to improve projects and processes, and builds relevant skills you can apply immediately within your organization. All of this is presented to you through an immersive virtual classroom by some of the most skilled professionals working in the field today. When you complete your certificate, you'll be proud to add to your resume a credential from the university widely recognized for high academic standards and dedication to continuing education for adult professionals.

Offered with an enhanced student experience and led by industry-recognized expert faculty, the Certificate in Agile Contract Management focuses on the contract management process from requisitioning through contract closeout. With curriculum enhanced by learning tools and content that covers Agile methodology, you can gain the knowledge needed to set yourself apart from the competition and position your organization for continued success while studying for vital NCMA professional certifications.

The Certificate in Business Analysis helps professionals determine business requirements that drive IT-related projects. Ideal for anyone involved in analyzing and problem solving, this business analysis certificate helps you identify, analyze and design processes to improve the overall flow of information within your company.

The certificate program prepares you for industry-recognized business analysis certification by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). Earning a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) or Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™ (CCBA™) demonstrates your knowledge of the skills necessary to be an effective business analyst. These business analysis certifications validate your ability to produce reliable, high-quality results with increased efficiency and consistency.

This three-course, organizational leadership non-degree certificate program teaches key strategies you can use daily in any corporate environment, including fiscal responsibility, employee communication and leadership principles.

Earning Villanova University’s Certificate in Organizational Leadership online can help you become a highly productive, organized and outstanding leader within your organization.

Perfect for anyone seeking tactical management and organizational skills, the Certificate in Organizational Leadership program promotes personal confidence, professional integrity and management techniques used by the country’s top business leaders.

Certificate students are presented with strategies commonly used daily in the corporate environment including fiscal planning, philosophy and ethics, employee communication and individual development.

Get the qualifications and the confidence to lead any IS security team. Through Villanova University's unique online curriculum, you'll learn to lead in the cyberwar against everything from outright threats to the most complex cryptographic attacks. You'll also expand your expertise in both the theoretical and the applied aspects of IS and IT security. Further, the government security track can help prepare you for certifications which will bring you in compliance with Department of Defense Directive 8570.1, including CompTIA Security+™, CISSP® and SSCP®, and CAP®, which satisfies Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements.

Earning a Certificate in Project Management demonstrates a commitment to your profession and proves to corporate managers that you’ve become an expert in your field. Project management is one of the business world’s most in-demand skill sets. That’s because even the smallest projects can benefit from project management processes such as planning, time and cost management, scope management, human resource management and communications management. Take Essentials of Project Management and Mastering Project Management as your two required courses, plus one Villanova elective to earn the Certificate in Applied Project Management.

Managing employees is critical to every organization’s success. To be an effective HR leader, you need not only understand complex concepts such as business management and strategy, workforce planning and employment, and human resource development, but you’ll also need practical skills to implement these concepts.

Gain the skills to provide critical support to both employees and management - online! Villanova University's Certificate in Human Resource Management helps professionals gain vital skills that can be used immediately on the job and may increase earning potential.

By completing both human resource courses and one other Villanova University online elective from the approved list, you’ll gain extensive knowledge of advanced HR concepts and competencies, as well as the practical skills to put your knowledge to work.

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